[Haz]

Thanks, that makes me feel better…at least I know I am on the right track, thanks!

[Haz]

Hey Robin, just wanted to thank you for helping me sort this out. It’s been perplexing me for ages. I’m glad I finally got it resolved. These boards are so important because they really cause people to dig deep and think about things, especially with plugins and how they all interact.

Let me round of the discussion.

In Yoast, the “regular” way to populate a title tag is to enter the data in the appropriate field on the page or post. Which I was doing, but it didn’t work.

But with forums, the words for the forum index title tag have to be entered in:

SEO > Titles & Metas > Post Types > Custom Post Type Archives > Forums > Title Field.

RESOLVED!

[Haz]

Hey, I think you nailed it. Its a conflict with a plugin. Second time a plugin zinged me this week. You would think I would have learned by now. Thanks a million!

[Haz]

Let me try to lay this out another way.

What I’m trying to do is get control of the title tag on my Forum Index page when using shortcode. As it stands now, my title tag seems to be getting overwritten from somewhere.

My page slug is “forum” and I put the word “forum” in the Forum Root field so the navigation works properly, but my page is getting a title tag from somewhere else.

My Forum Page: http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/forum/
— SEO Yoast title for that page should be: “Aquarium Forum”

But the title tag reads: “Forums | Aquarium Care Basics”

So, my question is, if I use shortcode on a page, where does the info to create that page’s title tag come from?

[Haz]

thanks! worked great

[Haz]

I reset everything to how I had it set up originally. The title tag I want is being used on this page:

http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/forum/ <title>Aquarium Forum</title>

But if I put the word “forum” in the Forum Root field, clicking on the Home > Forums link brings me back to my forum index page but with this title tag: <title>Forums | Aquarium Care Basics</title>

[Haz]

Thanks! Worked like a charm!

[Haz]

Oh, since I changed the Forum Root field to create the above example, it no longer creates my optimized title tag <title>Aquarium Forum</title>, when I change it back to haw I had it before.

I think we only get one bite at the apple with this.

Anyway, this all may just be academic.

[Haz]

Thanks responding so quickly.

What I am trying to say is that my WP Forum Page using the shortcode has a Title Tag that comes from words I submit via SEO Yoast…so I have control over how the page title reads. And it looks like this, for example:

<title>Aquarium Forum</title>

If I populate the Forum Root field with the slug “forum”, my WP page takes precedence over the Forum Root Field slug of the same name so the navigation words properly and the forum index page looks the same. But when one navigates back, the Forum Page has a different title tag. It changes to:

<title>Forums | Aquarium Care Basics</title>

…which I have no control over.

Actually your question has forced me to think this through again and I’m going to sleep on whether this is actually a difference that really matters. Because in the end, the version of the Forum Page that gets spidered the one with the optimized title, not the version of the Forum Page that exists via the navigation link.

[Haz]

I just wanted to round off the topic in case someone else ever has an issue with this.

I contacted the makers of “Advanced Post Types Order” who advised that a version exists that resolves this problem: Version 2.5.9.2. I uploaded and activated and the error went away.

[Haz]

I figured it out…bbpress was in conflict with a plugin called “Advanced Post Types Order”. By disabling all plugins and turning them on one at a time, I found out that this was the plugin that was causing the conflict / error in bbpress.

Of course, I proceeded in reverse alphabetical order working backwards from the W’s and “Advanced Post Types Order” was the last one I checked (first on the list going alphabetically), knowing my luck, I should have bet money on that.

Anyway, that is one problem solved. Thanks to the forum for the help, support and hand-holding.

My problems now is that “Advanced Post Types Order” is a plugin that I like and need. I will recreate the error on my dummy site and submit it to the authors of “Advanced Post Types Order” because I think they would like to know….because its bbpress.

In the meantime, is there any alternative to this plugin that allows me to order my posts?

Please let me know, thanks!

[Haz]

Yes, I agree…I have a plugin registering a post type incorrectly. Thanks for your help. I disabled all of my plugins except the one for the WP Lightbox Ultimate & Meta Slider, and the error went away. Now I will make a cup of coffee and activate one plugin at a time to see if / when the error comes back.

Will report back to the forum as soon as I figure it out, so maybe it can help someone else.

Thanks again!
http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com

[Haz]

Yes, I run W3 Total Cache

[Haz]

I am in via FTP. where is the location of “content-single-topic.php”?

[Haz]

Trying to sort my way through this. I have a dummy site set up on the same ISP. Running WP 3.7.1 and bbpress 2.5. Both a fresh install, and bbpress is working without an error.

So does that mean I may have a conflict with one of my plugins?

[Haz]

I have not heard back from the board in a while so I went ahead and did another uninstall and fresh install of bbpress. Before reinstalling bbpress again, I repaired and optimized my database and my site does not have any other errors.

I followed the exact steps in the book bbpress complete. I am running twenty-twelve theme with WP 3.7.1 and bbpress 2.5. I left all defaults in place and I still get the error when accessing topics.

Warning: Illegal offset type in isset or empty in /home/postpr7/public_html/aquariumcarebasics.com/wp-includes/post.php on line 1060

Here are the links to check out:

http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/forums/
http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/forums/forum/bamboo-shrimp-care/
http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/forums/topic/best-temperature-bamboo-shrimp/

Please let me know what you think

Thanks!

[Haz]

thank you for getting back to me so quickly, I did an uninstall and fresh install of bbpress, I made a new forum and a new topic, and I am still getting the same error. Here are the links:

http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/
http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/forum/ (forum index page, using shortcode)
http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/discussion/bamboo-shrimp-care/ (forum page)
http://www.aquariumcarebasics.com/topic/best-temperature-bamoo-shrimp/ (topic page, with error)

Warning: Illegal offset type in isset or empty in /home/postpr7/public_html/aquariumcarebasics.com/wp-includes/post.php on line 1060

Please let me know what you think!